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Zoneboy · 05-11-2008, 05:07 PM

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said.

Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his briefcase when he tried to pass through airport security, police said in a statement.

He was scheduled to take a United Airlines flight to his home in Chicago.

"Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said. "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his arrest."

The actor was booked on one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm, and his bail was set at $25,000.

Farina was a Chicago police officer for nearly 20 years before taking up acting in the 1980s. He has starred in movies such as "Get Shorty" and "Sidewalks of New York" and is perhaps best known in the role of New York Detective Joe Fontana on the popular television crime series, "Law & Order."

Reuters/Nielsen

catlover79 · 05-11-2008, 05:15 PM

Oy vey. I can only imagine the comments Lenny Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) would make.

TJL · 05-11-2008, 09:09 PM

I wonder who they'll get to play Dennis Farina in the "ripped from the headlines" episosde they're probably going to do about a famous actor who is rock stupid enough to forget that he has a freaking gun in his luggage?

How about Dennis Farina?

Mr. Television · 05-11-2008, 09:20 PM

and he used to be a real-life cop too.

catlover79 · 05-11-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

I wonder who they'll get to play Dennis Farina in the "ripped from the headlines" episosde they're probably going to do about a famous actor who is rock stupid enough to forget that he has a freaking gun in his luggage?

How about Dennis Farina?

05-11-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
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